Two very special guests join The Life Of Plenty podcast! Ann Kjellberg is a co-founder of The New York Times Book Review, award winning journalist, and writer/editor. Calvin Crosby, an independent bookstore and nonprofit founder for work with indigenous people from Utah, while also starting the California Independent Bookstore Association. Both guests join the show to discuss how they're related to the world of books, where their love for books came from, and all of the exciting and special things they've been able to accomplish in their illustrious careers!

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Host Lisa Uhrik gives special cliff notes on The Anxious Generation by Ryan Dalton. This book is more than just a book, as it is really a community wide effort helping to bring light to the rewiring of the young generations' brains. Listen as Lisa gives insightful details, notes, and more on The Anxious Generation!

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During this episode, listen in as Ashley Michael and Lisa Uhrik sit down with Ryan Dalton, to talk about some of his favorite reads, the work that he does for literature in our area, where he teaches, and more!

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During this episode, our hosts Lisa Uhrik and Ashley Michael talk all about their mission at Plenty Bookshop and good ideas around our region. They support nonprofits through book sales. Hear about a book relating to childhood mental illness, and how Lisa/Ashley are excited about this.

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During this episode, our host Ashley Michael sits down with her husband, Tony Michael, to talk about the science of play therapy, along with many other forms. Also hear about how it relates to reading books, and how that can be therapeutic as well.

During this episode, our hosts Ashley and Lisa talk about how writing can improve our day to day lives and overall health. All of our grand ideas come from historic writing, often times from philosophers. Hear also about penmanship and turning writing into an art with fountain pens and specific notebooks/journals.

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During this episode, our hosts Lisa Uhrik and Ashley Michael talk about Independent Book Store Day that is coming up on the last Saturday in April. Hear about what makes this day special to them, things they enjoy hearing from book lovers who visit their store, stories similar to their own, and more!

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Our host Lisa Uhrik visits with the founder of Magnolia Marketing, Jodi Pitts! They talk all about how she came to love books, her favorite reads, favorite artists, recent things that she has read, and more!

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Hosts Lisa Uhrik and Ashley Michael sit down with Emily Liner who is the founder of a nonprofit bookshop in Mississippi called Friendly City Books. Hear about what inspires Emily as a leader and book enjoyer, how her book store was named, what led her to open a store, and more!

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During this episode of The Life Of Plenty, co hosts Lisa Uhrik and Ashley Michael sit down with Marissa Fike who is a clinical mental health counselor, a book and tea enthusiast, former English teacher, and author! They talk all about how books, tea, and mental health are all related.

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